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The young woman said she was walking home from work late near the Walmart in Greenfield and heard a man quickly approach her.

"He smacked me on the side of the head with the big gun and I was like, 'Whoa,' and he grabs the bag with my phone and runs in the opposite direction," the woman said.

The young woman told 12 News after she was attacked, she realized she was alone with no phone or car.

She said she was bleeding from the head and tried to wave several cars down. No one would stop until finally a woman pulled over and drove her to the Greenfield Police Department.

Two days later, prosecutors said the alleged attacker, Jason Wandick, walked into a Family Dollar Store and shot and killed the assistant manager, Bill Melendez.

The woman helped police identify Wandick in a line up. She wishes she could have helped sooner before Melendez lost his life.

"My prayers are with them and that's just horrible that there are people out there who think they can just take things from other people and not get out there and earn it themselves like the rest of us," the woman said.